Abstract

This case study discusses the environment prior to the establishment of
the Basic Services Fund (BSF - economic and political context, and
arrangements for basic service delivery); the shortcomings associated
with the environment for service delivery prior to the establishment of
the BSF; and the establishment of the BSF, launched by DFID, in October
2005, the same month in which the Government of Southern Sudan was
established. The BSF targets the following activities in its three main
areas of operation: